Three-fourths of American Catholics say they approve of Pope Francis, but his poll numbers are slipping as political polarization grows, the Pew Research Center found.
Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, …
Just 7% of Democrat-aligned Catholics hold an unfavorable view of the pope, down 8 points from 2018, Pew said. By contrast, Republican-affiliated Catholic unfavorables climbed from 28% seven years ago to 35% this year. The survey also revealed a disconnect between many U.S. Catholics and the church’s teachings. Survey respondents, at 83%, said the church should allow Catholics to use birth control, while 75% said unmarried Catholics living together should be allowed communion.
Those numbers were boosted by Catholics who were largely Democrats or lean Democratic , with 56% of those in favor of progressive changes saying they seldom or never attend Mass, Pew said.that condemns sex-change surgery and surrogate parenting. But the poll came after a December pronouncement allowing priests to bless same-sex and cohabiting couples, a move that provoked
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